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Aug. 21, 2013

Editorial welcomes federal appeals court's rebuke to Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 'flouting the law' when it stopped analyzing the safety of the proposed nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada; calls on commission to publish unredacted safety evaluation of the site; urges Congress to appropriate new funds to determine whether or not Yucca would make an acceptable repository. MORE

Aug. 14, 2013

Federal appeals court rules that Nuclear Regulatory Commission was 'flouting the law' when it stopped work on review of proposed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, despite Obama administration's insistence that site be shut down. MORE

Aug. 4, 2012

Federal appeals court says it will issue an order for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume an evaluation of a possible nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, a volcanic ridge in the Nevada desert, unless Congress acts by December to resolve the legal tangle around the project. MORE

Jun. 11, 2012

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will meet to consider whether to approve Allison M Macfarlane, Pres Obama's nominee to head the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; discussion will likely center on the future of nuclear waste disposal in the United States, and Macfarlane's longtime criticism of the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada. MORE

May. 3, 2012

Lawyers representing Washington State and South Carolina argue before federal court panel that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is flouting the law by declining to pass judgement on the suitability of Yucca Mountain as a repository for nuclear waste; arguments are part of lawsuit against the federal government brought by the states, both of which have large amounts of nuclear waste. MORE

Jan. 27, 2012

Commission appointed to find alternatives to a failed plan to store nuclear waste in the Nevada desert declares that the United States would have to develop a 'consent-based approach' for choosing a site because leaving the decision to Congress had failed.; panel says by securing local consent the government might avoid the kind of conflicts that led to the cancellation of plans to create a repository at Yucca Mountain. MORE

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